Composition and thermal analysis of binary mixture of Mee fat and palm stearin

• Main Authors: Abdul Manaf Yanty, Noorzianna, Marikkar, Mohammed Nazrim, Musthafa, Shuhaimi, Mat Saari , Miskandar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2014
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/45607/1/J_Oleo_Sc-2.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/45607/; http://www.jocs.jp/index-e.html
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Seed fat of Madhuca longifolia known as mee fat (MF) has been considered as a potential plant fat for producing fat mixture to simulate the properties of lard. A study was carried out to evaluate the effect of addition of palm stearin (PS) on the solidification behavior of MF to formulate a mixture...